“The Home Office’s intention now will be to remove people to Afghanistan, there’s no doubt about that. They’ve been hampered in their efforts to charter flights every month, which they’ve pushed in the past,” HN’s lawyer Toufique Hossain told the Bureau on Thursday.

“With the rise of Islamic State [IS, formerly ISIS/ISIL] and frequent attacks by the Taliban giving rise to an internal armed conflict, our view is that these claimants have further claims for protection.”

Hossain swore that he and his colleagues would “not give up the fight for our clients.”

“They quite rightly will only want to return to that troubled country if and when it is safe,” he added.

On Friday, a day after May’s triumph in the court of appeal, Parliament’s Home Affairs Committee called for more asylum seekers to be housed in Tory-run regions of the UK – including Home Secretary’s own constituency of Maidenhead.

MPs said too many local authorities are shirking their responsibility and should be pressured by ministers to take part in the Voluntary Dispersal Scheme.

“The dispersal system appears unfair, with whole swaths of the country never receiving a single asylum seeker,” said committee Chair Keith Vaz.

While Glasgow, Stoke and Cardiff have taken in many asylum seekers, “local authorities in areas such as Maidenhead, Lincoln and Warwick have housed none,” he said.